ird.govt.nz How to Apply for Working for Families Tax Credit New Zealand

Organization : Inland Revenue Department
Facility : Applying for Working for Families Tax Credit
Country : New Zealand
Website : http://www.ird.govt.nz/wff-tax-credits/how-to-apply/applying/

IRD Apply Working for Families Tax Credits

You can apply for Working for Families Tax Credits (WfFTC) at any time during the year. Find out how to apply and your payment options.

Related / Similar Service : IRD Manage Your Tax & Entitlements New Zealand

No need to apply :
You don’t need to complete an application form if you’ve received :
** Working for Families Tax Credits after 31 March 2000, or
** family tax credit payments from Work and Income. You still need to tell us about any change in your family or income.

How To Apply

There are several ways you can apply :
** online through your myIR account. This is the fastest way of applying. You may need to provide additional information as listed below.
** by completing and submitting the online Working for Families Tax Credits registration form (FS1)
** by completing and sending us the Working for Families Tax Credits registration form (FS1)
** by calling us on 0800 257 773 and ordering a form, which you need to fill in and post to us.

What You Need

You need to have the following information to complete the application form :
** IRD numbers for you, your partner and your children
** your estimated family income for the tax year
** any child support amounts paid or received, through Inland Revenue or a private arrangement, and
** the bank account number you want your payments made to. (The account must be in the name of the principal caregiver).

Additional Information

You will have to provide additional information to us if you :
1. Have a child in your care who doesn’t have an IRD number you need to :
** complete an IRD number Application – Resident Individuals (IR595), or
** if you’re the parent of a new baby and you haven’t registered their birth yet, you can apply for your baby’s IRD number when you complete the birth registration form.
** provide their IRD number to us within 8 weeks or your payment for the child will stop. They can be restarted once an IRD number has been received.

2. And/or your partner are self-employed – you need to send us evidence to support your income estimate. It can be :
** a copy of the annual accounts of the business for the previous year
** a set of budgeted accounts of the business for the current year, or
** a return filed for the previous tax year.

3. Weren’t born in New Zealand or you don’t have New Zealand citizenship, you need to send us a copy of your and/or your children’s residence visa.
4. You share the care of a child, you need to complete and send us a Shared care details (IR836) form.
5. Have more than six children, you need to complete and send us a More than six children (IR835) form.

6. Want to claim Working for Families Tax Credits for the previous years and your details are different from the current year, you will need to complete and send us a Family details (IR837) form.